26 weeks

Well I'm almost half way through my 26th week. Wahoo! I'm close to my third trimester and I couldn't be more excited.

This past week was a rough one. I had a sinus infection, and ended up going on some antibiotics after several days in pain. Although it wasn't fun to take the antibiotics my infection cleared up quickly and I feel perfect again! I have high hopes for this next week.

I have been gaining weight, luckily most of it is all stomach (I think, I can't really see much of anything else!).

This week I've noticed that our little princess Ava gets hiccups a lot. Almost twice a day from what I've been keeping track of. If I wear a form fitting shirt, you can see my stomach change shape and you can see part of her sticking out (I'm still not sure which part that is, exactly!).

My parents also came back to town this week! YAY! They have almost everything moved here! I'm excited to have them so close! It will be fun when Ava is born too. I'm glad that they are up here so they can see her more often (like everyday!).

I think I've hit the nesting stage already. Or, at least part of the nesting stage. I feel very motivated, or maybe its just because I'm feeling so much better and I'm not sick anymore, or maybe because it feels more like spring instead of winter. But yesterday when I came home I cleaned the entire house, I did several loads of laundry and I even attempted to put a cradle together. The cradle that was given to us was hand made by my mom's great uncle. So its been in the family for many years. After about an hour of struggling to get the cradle together, I finally asked Phil for assistance. He got the entire thing together in about 15 minutes. He's really good at putting stuff together. So I'm excited to say that most of Ava's clothes (the ones that she has so far) are washed and put away and now she has a place to sleep. Our house of pretty clean.

It was a very nice weekend. The best part (besides getting the cradle put together) was spending most of the day with my brother and sister in law! I had so much fun. It was the first nice day, my sister in law and I sat outside almost all day. It was relaxing and beautiful and fun! I'm looking forward to more nice weather.

25 weeks continued

Being pregnant is one of the most rewarding and confusing things I've ever felt! There are so many emotions, thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams that go through my head each and everyday. Everyday I hope and try to make it better than the day before. Sometimes I feel social, other times I wish everyone would just leave me alone. I love feeling Ava move around, but sometimes it feels so weird I wish it would stop.
Everyday I imagine what it will be like to be a mom. To care for someone else, to take care of a tiny little baby, to bathe her, to walk her, to care for her while she is crying, changing diapers, feeding her and yet I know that the time for her arrival is getting closer, and it will seem like my pregnancy went by in a blink of an eye.
Everyday I try my hardest to enjoy this time that I have with my husband. Although we've been married for almost 5 years and both of us have been lucky enough not to endure business trips or being away from each other too long. We still try and spend as much time together as possible. We both know that once our little princess arrives, although she will be the apple of our eye, we know that all of the attention will be on her instead of thinking about just the two of us.
I'm excited. I can't wait to be a mom. There is so much to do before she gets here though! Getting clothes and blankets ready, a place her to sleep. It will be a lots of fun. Hopefully we can get started on setting up for her soon.

25 weeks

This has been a very interesting week. It started out on Sunday, I had a contraction. It was the scariest thing I've ever felt! Especially this early in my pregnancy. I stayed home on Monday (my birthday) because I still had that terrible cold that was going around. Phil was home sick as well, and so we both went to the doctor. Phil got medicine but since I'm pregnant I can't take anything. I had six contractions on Monday but not more than one in an hour. I decided to call my doctor. The nurse called me back and said to monitor them. If I had more than four in one hour that would be bad news and I would have to go to go the ER. Tuesday I went back to work. I had two more contractions one in the morning on the way to work, then one when I was going home. Wednesday was better and I went to work. I was still hoping that I was able to go to San Diego since I hadn't had any contractions since Tuesday, and they weren't real contractions.
Today, Thursday, I recieved a call, that I couldn't go. Since I had contractions at all I am now banned from travel. I was pretty bummed out this morning. I cried at work. It was so embarrassing. Good thing I have my own office and I can close my door. I was going to tell my boss that I wouldn't be going to San Diego and wasn't sure if I should my vacation time, but I broke down and cried in front of my boss. My boss is great. She suggested that I still use my vacation time. So Phil and I decided to go ahead and vacation here in town. I'm excited to have some time. I think I just need some time off.
This afternoon I made a doctors appointment per the suggestion of my nurse. Even though it was a short appointment it was good. I got to hear Ava's heart beat (we've decided on the name Ava for our daughter). She had hiccups! And I got to hear her turn over (as well as feel her turn over). That was worth it! I can now see Ava move all around. I can feel her, especially at night or in the morning. Its fun! I can't wait to meet her, but I want her to come out at the right time.

24 weeks

This week has been an interesting week. I've been tired, no, exhausted this week. The flu thats been going around had finally reached our household, been passed around several times, but now seems to be in remission except for Phil who seems to have gotten it the worst, poor guy. I have only gotten a small cough out of the deal.
I no longer crave chocolate like I did. In fact, it makes me have heartburn. I wish I still liked chocolate like I did. This week I haven't had any unusual cravings. I still enjoy sweets but maybe my body is just fighting off this bug thats going around. Hopefully my super pregnancy hormones will battle whatever else comes my way as well. I wish I could give that immunity to Phil.
Our little princess is still moving around, not as much as before, but she still gets on kicking sprees and totally moves herself around once in a while.
Well I better go check on my husband.